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Encapsulation and Outdoor Testing of Perovskite Solar Cells: Comparing Industrially Relevant Process with a Simplified Lab Procedure

Posted on February 10, 2022February 13, 2022 By Clayton No Comments on Encapsulation and Outdoor Testing of Perovskite Solar Cells: Comparing Industrially Relevant Process with a Simplified Lab Procedure
Encapsulation and Outdoor Testing of Perovskite Solar Cells: Comparing Industrially Relevant Process with a Simplified Lab Procedure
Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have shown great potential for next-generation photovoltaics. One of the main barriers to their commercial use is their poor long-term stability under ambient conditions and, in particular, their sensitivity to moisture and oxygen. Therefore, several encapsulation strategies are being developed in an attempt to improve the stability of PSCs in a humid environment.
The lack of common testing procedures makes the comparison of encapsulation strategies challenging. In this paper, we optimized and investigated two common encapsulation strategies: lamination-based glass-glass encapsulation for outdoor operation and commercial use (COM) and a simple glue-based encapsulation mostly utilized for laboratory research purposes (LAB). We compare both approaches and evaluate their effectiveness to impede humidity ingress under three different testing conditions: on-shelf storage at 21 °C and 30% relative humidity (RH) (ISOS-D1), damp heat exposure at 85 °C and 85% RH (ISOS-D3), and outdoor operational stability continuously monitoring device performance for 10 months under maximum power point tracking on a roof-top test site in Berlin, Germany (ISOS-O3).
 LAB encapsulation of perovskite devices consists of glue and cover glass and can be performed at ambient temperature, in an inert environment without the need for complex equipment. This glue-based encapsulation procedure allowed PSCs to retain more than 93% of their conversion efficiency after 1566 h of storage in ambient atmosphere and, therefore, is sufficient and suitable as an interim encapsulation for cell transport or short-term experiments outside an inert atmosphere. However, this simple encapsulation does not pass the IEC 61215 damp heat test and hence results in a high probability of fast degradation of the cells under outdoor conditions.
The COM encapsulation procedure requires the use of a vacuum laminator and the cells to be able to withstand a short period of air exposure and at least 20 min at elevated temperatures (in our case, 150 °C). This encapsulation method enabled the cells to pass the IEC 61215 damp heat test and even to retain over 95% of their initial efficiency after 1566 h in a damp heat chamber. Above all, passing the damp heat test for COM-encapsulated devices translates to devices fully retaining their initial efficiency for the full duration of the outdoor test (>10 months). To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is one of the longest outdoor stability demonstrations for PSCs published to date.
We stress that both encapsulation approaches described in this work are useful for the scientific community as they fulfill different purposes: the COM for the realization of prototypes for long-term real-condition validation and, ultimately, commercialization of perovskite solar cells and the LAB procedure to Gentaur Lab Equipement enable testing and carrying out experiments on perovskite solar cells under noninert conditions.
Keywords: IEC damp heat test; encapsulation; outdoor testing; perovskite solar cell; stability.

Development of a simple, rapid, and sensitive diagnostic assay for enterotoxigenic E. coli and Shigella spp applicable to endemic countries

Enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) and Shigella spp (Shigella) are complex pathogens. The diagnostic assays currently used to detect these pathogens are elaborate or complicated, which make them difficult to apply in resource poor settings where these diseases are endemic. The culture methods used to detect Shigella are not sensitive, and the methods used to detect ETEC are only available in a few research labs. To address this gap, we developed a rapid and simple diagnostic assay-“Rapid LAMP based Diagnostic Test (RLDT).”
The six minutes sample preparation method directly from the fecal samples with lyophilized reaction strips and using established Loop-mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) platform, ETEC [heat labile toxin (LT) and heat stable toxins (STh, and STp) genes] and Shigella (ipaH gene) detection was made simple, rapid (<50 minutes), and inexpensive. This assay is cold chain and electricity free. Moreover, RLDT requires minimal equipment.
To avoid any end user’s bias, a battery-operated, handheld reader was used to read the RLDT results. The results can be read as positive/negative or as real time amplification depending on the end user’s need. The performance specifications of the RLDT assay, including analytical sensitivity and specificity, were evaluated using fecal samples spiked with ETEC and Shigella strains. The limit of detection was ~105 CFU/gm of stool for LT, STh, and STp and ~104 CFU/gm of stool for the ipaH gene, which corresponds to about 23 CFU and 1 CFU respectively for ETEC and Shigella per 25uL reaction within 40 minutes. The RLDT assay from stool collection to result is simple, and rapid and at the same time sufficiently sensitive. RLDT has the potential to be applied in resource poor endemic settings for the rapid diagnosis of ETEC and Shigella.

Sorting single-cell microcarriercytometerss using commercial flow

The scale of biological discovery is driven by the vessels in which we can perform assays and analyze results, from multi-well plates to microfluidic compartments. We report on the compatibility of sub-nanoliter single-cell containers or “nanovials” with commercial fluorescence activated cell sorters (FACS).
This recent lab on a particle approach utilizes 3D structured microparticles to isolate cells and perform single-cell assays at scale with existing lab equipment. Use of flow cytometry led to detection of fluorescently labeled protein with dynamic ranges spanning 2-3 log and detection limits down to ∼10,000 molecules per nanovial, which was the lowest amount tested. Detection limits were improved compared to fluorescence microscopy measurements using a 20X objective and a cooled CMOS camera. Nanovials with diameters between 35-85 µm could also be sorted with purity from 99-93% on different commercial instruments at throughputs up to 800 events/second.
Cell-loaded nanovials were found to have unique forward and side (or back) scatter signatures that enabled gating of cell-containing nanovials using scatter metrics alone. The compatibility of nanovials with widely-available commercial FACS instruments promises to democratize single-cell assays used in discovery of antibodies and cell therapies, by enabling analysis of single cells based on secreted products and leveraging the unmatched analytical capabilities of flow cytometers to sort important clones.
Keywords: Flow cytometry; Microfluidics; Microparticles; Nanovials; Single-cell analysis.

Maneuvering Fluid Motion and Flow-Induced Detection of Toxins by Enzyme Multilayer Films

In view to develop an autonomous lab-on-a-chip device for detection of toxins without using any spectroscopic or electrochemical equipment, self-powered enzyme micropumps were fabricated via layer-by-layer assembly of enzymes and polyelectrolytes. The thin film-based enzyme micropumps turned on fluid flow in the presence of respective substrates in a concentration-dependent manner, and the rate of the enzymatic reaction was the key for maneuvering the fluid flow.
Furthermore, the newly engineered enzyme-based micropumps were able to detect toxic metals and organophosphorus pesticides by modulating the fluid flow speed as the rate of the enzymatic reaction was altered by the presence of inhibitors. Thus, by regulating fluid flow in a micropump, low concentrations of analytes (e.g., target biomarkers and inhibitors) in biological fluids can be quantitatively identified for testing in a resource-constrained environment.

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